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Michael Letts: Why cops are quitting—and what to do about it

04.18.25 | LET Guest Editorial

Letts has witnessed firsthand the decline in morale and resources across police departments nationwide - and says "enough is enough".
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Reforming leadership in American law enforcement: A call for accountability and community oversight

04.18.25 | LET Guest Editorial

"By prioritizing merit, accountability, and community involvement, we can rebuild law enforcement into a profession that truly serves and protects."
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U.S. Sen. Heinrich goes all-in on gun control with unserious move to address serious criminal violence

04.17.25 | LET Guest Editorial

Sen. Martin Heinrich introduced S. 3369, a drastic gun control bill that did nothing to hold criminals who already break the law accountable for violent crimes. But it would only penalize law-abiding gun owners and buyers and trample upon their Second Amendment rights.
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Even ‘smart gun’ maker knows mandates are a dumb idea

04.17.25 | LET Guest Editorial

Never underestimate the capacity for antigun lawmakers to chase after bad ideas.
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Cracking down on corruption and crime: Michael Letts sounds the alarm on justice and national security

04.16.25 | LET Guest Advertorial

Michael Letts shares insights on growing concerns surrounding the deportation of illegal immigrants, judicial obstruction, and national enforcement policies.
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Stopping the momentum of uncritical police reform

04.15.25 | LET Guest Editorial

In the post-Ferguson, post-Floyd era, American policing was swept up in a wave of reform whose momentum often eclipsed logic, evidence, and operational necessity.
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NSSF 2025 Congressional fly-in kicks off new pro-industry administration

04.15.25 | LET Guest Editorial

The second President Donald Trump administration is just over two months in and it’s been a dramatic and welcomed change from the past four years under former President Joe Biden.
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Virginia Assembly’s veto override effort previews fall elections

04.15.25 | LET Guest Editorial

Virginia’s antigun lawmakers don’t know how to take a hint, but they’re giving a glimpse into what they intend to make an issue during statewide elections later this year.
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Sipes: Is policing the toughest job in America?

04.15.25 | Leonard Sipes Editorial

Considering there are approximately 50-60 million police-civilian contacts a year, what could go wrong?
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My brother is a veteran and a decorated cop. He was thrown in prison for upholding the law.

04.14.25 | LET Guest Editorial

The brother of former police officer James "Adam" Ashby writes why he feels his family is suffering through a miscarriage of justice.
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Whiny Associated Press may have won the battle, but the Trump administration will win the war

04.10.25 | Pat Droney Editorial

The Associated Press won a reprieve from a DC Federal District Judge, who ordered the White House to restore the outlet's press privileges to certain White House events. The administration has vowed to appeal.
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Cop appeals manslaughter conviction over juror misconduct, then AG says jury perjury is protected speech

04.10.25 | Pat Droney Opinion

After attorneys for convicted Las Cruces, NM police officer Brad Lunsford uncovered juror committed perjury during voir dire, New Mexico's radical attorney general argues to NM Supreme Court that perjury committed during jury selection protected under First Amendment.
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Transcript shows radical DC judge Boasberg got himself assigned to Trump administration deportation case

04.09.25 | Pat Droney Opinion

Investigative journalist Julie Kelly obtained court transcripts that appear to show DC Federal District Court Judge James Boasberg got himself assigned to the Trump deportation case under the Alien Enemies Act.
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The broken badge, the broken mind: Law enforcement's silent crisis

04.08.25 | LET Guest Editorial

It's time to dismantle the “healing chair” and stop resorting to “last man out, next man up” mentality and replace them with a culture of understanding and support, not punishment and isolation.
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What do Hamas and Black Lives Matter have in common? The error of egalitarianism .

04.08.25 | LET Guest Editorial

We can love all humans, as they indeed come from God, but that does not mean we let drug-dealing Venezuelan gang members have access to our kids or keep Ahmad Al Aliwi Al-Issa in the community.
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